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Cabbage + Red wine

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 38 recipes, and they share 89 flavor molecules: the top 21% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together38 recipes
Ranktop 21% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Cabbage Red wine
302cabbage only 89shared 194red wine only Cabbage · 391 Red wine · 283
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do cabbage and red wine go together?

Yes. 38 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 89 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 21% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 89 flavor molecules: 31% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine) and guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

What each one brings

cabbage

The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for red wine. It carries 302 molecules red wine doesn't have.

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for cabbage. It carries 194 molecules cabbage doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Horseradish: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with cabbage, top 18% with red wine.
  • Plum: top 14% of pairs with cabbage, top 5% with red wine.
  • Broccoli: top 2% of pairs with cabbage, top 18% with red wine.
  • Thyme: top 9% of pairs with cabbage, top 9% with red wine.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with cabbage and red wine

We have no browsable recipe that lists both cabbage and red wine.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: cabbage has 302 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 194 that cabbage doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 89 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 302 only in cabbage and the 194 only in red wine.

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Cabbage and red wine questions

Do cabbage and red wine go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 38 recipes, and they share 89 flavor molecules: the top 21% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do cabbage and red wine taste good together?

They overlap on 89 flavor molecules: 31% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine) and guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

What goes with cabbage and red wine?

Horseradish is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with cabbage and top 18% with red wine. Plum and broccoli also fit both.

Can I use red wine instead of cabbage?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: cabbage has 302 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 194 that cabbage doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Cabbage vs Red Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cabbage-vs-red-wine. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_cabbage_vs_red_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Cabbage vs Red Wine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cabbage-vs-red-wine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.